On Thu, Aug 08, 2002 at 05:03:15PM +0100, Nick Lindsell wrote: > At 11:48 08/08/2002 -0400, you wrote: > > >Hello all - > > > >I'm trying to add a drive to a Redhat 7.2 system. The system recognizes > >it as hdb. I've run FDISK on it. Here's the output: > > > >Disk /dev/hdb: 64 heads, 63 sectors, 959 cylinders > >Units = cylinders of 4032 * 512 bytes > > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > >/dev/hdb1 1 959 1933312+ 83 Linux > > > >My problem is that I cannot mount it. I get an error about fstab or mtab > >not having an entry. I'm sort of a newbie at Linux... > > Have you made a filesystem on /dev/hdb1 yet?? > "mke2fs /dev/hdb1"
And if you want it to be an EXT3 filesystem (the RH72 default) add the -j option to the mke2fs commandline. > Then > "mount /dev/hdb1 <mountpoint>" > where <mountpoint> is a directory you made to mount the filesystem on. > -- ---- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------- "And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever." ------------------------------- Isaiah 9:7 (niv) ------------------------------ -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list